This game matched two of the NFL’s best defenses – Pittsburgh’s Steel Curtain against the Purple People Eaters of Minnesota – and two legendary quarterbacks: Terry Bradshaw and Fran Tarkenton, respectively.

Dallas Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson illegally pushed off of Vikings defender Nate Wright on the Hail Mary pass from Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach to rob the Vikings of a Super Bowl berth. The 1975 Vikings squad was the best of that era.